Massimo Giordano
M*imo Giordano (born 19 February 1971) is an Italian-born operatic tenor who is known for his bel canto repertoire. Giordano was born in Pompei, Italy into an Italian working-cl* family.
Contents
- 1 Early life
- 2 Professional career
- 3 First Album
- 4 Personal life
- 5 References
Early life
At the age of 8, Giordano moved with his family to Trieste where he entered into the local conservatory G. Tartini to study the flute. One day after school near the time of his graduation from the conservatory as a flutist he discovered his voice by accident. In an empty cl*room he decided to sing a Neapolitan song for fun while a cl*mate, a pianist with a visual impairment, accompanied him. It was the moment when Giordano realized he had the ability to sing.
He studied singing with Cecilia Fusco at the age of 18 and later graduated from the conservatory “G. Tartini” in Trieste. In 1997 he won the “A. Belli” compe*ion in Spoleto where he also gave his debut in La Clemenza di *o at the Teatro Lirico.
Professional career
Giordano began his musical career at an early age and debuted on numerous Italian opera stages. Among others he performed in Venice, Reggio Emilia, Rome, Parma, Naples, Modena and eventually at La Scala in Milan.His debut outside of Italy took place in 2001 at the Salzburg Festivals with Lorin Maazel and Claudio Abbado. Debuts at the Semper Opera in Dresden, the Zurich Opera, the Teatro Real in Madrid and the Theatre du Capitole in Toulouse followed.
M*imo Giordano further performed in:
- Falstaff at the London Royal Opera
- L'elisir d'amore at the Vienna State Opera
- La Traviata in Tokyo
- La Traviata at the Deutsche Oper Berlin
- Verdi's Requiem in Sydney
- Gianni Schicchi at the Glyndebourne Festival
- Romeo and Juliette at the Lyric Opera of Chicago and at the Munich State Opera
- La boheme at Berlin Staatsoper
- Mignon at Carnegie Hall in New York (his New York debut)
- Il trittico, L’Elisir d’Amore, Manon, La Traviata, La bohème and Gianni Schicchi at the New York Metropolitan Opera
In 2005 M*imo Giordano was part of a special performance of Verdi's Requiem at the Vatican in remembrance of the recently deceased Pope John Paul II.
In 2006 M*imo Giordano's appearance in M*enet's Manon with Renée Fleming at the Metropolitan Opera was broadcast on radios worldwide.
In 2007 he performed as Rinuccio in an international television broadcast of Gianni Schicchi in Puccini’s Il trittico for the Metropolitan Opera headed by James Levine.
M*imo Giordano has cooperated among others with the conductors:
- James Levine
- Maurizio Benini
- Riccardo Chailly
- Antonio Pappano
- Bruno Campanella
- Vladimir Fedoseyev
- Gianluigi Gelmetti
- Claudio Abbado
- Fabio Luisi
- Lorin Maazel
- Zubin Mehta
- Marco Armiliato
- Michel Pl*on
- Yuri Temirkanov
- Vladimir Jurowski
First Album
On October 29th 2012 M*imo Giordano signed an exclusive master right agreement with BMG Rights Management. The album marks Giordano’s debut solo recording. Giordano in an interview described the recording of his first album as accomplishing his ultimate dream. The album *led “Amore e Tormento” was recorded with the Ensemble Del Maggio Musicale in Florence, Italy and features signature Italian arias. The Album will be released on 6 May 2013.
Personal life
Giordano is a p*ionate chess player and adores cl*ical paintings and soccer. In his youth, Giordano enjoyed listening to heavy metal music and is now open to all music genres. He has two children with his wife Alexandrina and resides with his family in northern Italy where his career began.